Saving the Big Thicket
Subtitle: from exploration to preservation, 1685-2003
By: James J. Cozine, Jr. ; foreword and afterword by Pete A.Y. Gunter.
Series: Temple Big Thicket series ;; no. 4.
Publisher: Big Thicket Association/University of North Texas Press; University of North Texas Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Denton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Environmental protection -- Texas -- Big Thicket.; Historic preservation -- Texas -- Big Thicket.; Big Thicket (Tex.) -- History.; Big Thicket (Tex.) -- Environmental conditions.; Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Number 4 in the Temple Big Thicket Series."
Table of contents: title: The Indians' assault; title: The Spanish assault; title: The Anglo assault; title: A timber bonanza; title: Oil exploration in the Big Thicket; title: The drive for preservation; title: The Yarborough years; title: Urbanites and intellectuals; title: Consensus and compromise.